Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i9-13900

Core i7-12700K vs Core i9-13900 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-13900 performs better than the Core i7-12700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13900 has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i7-12700K has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900. Despite this, the Core i9-13900 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.